Brussels, 19/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - The opinion being drafted by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) on the European Commission proposal on the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) will stress that regions with significant demographic handicaps or demographic changes must not be forgotten in the next cohesion policy planning period 2014-2020. Rapporteur on the ERDF Michael Schneider (EPP, Germany) consulted stakeholders on this issue on Thursday 19 January. Mountainous, island and...